WHEN IN...

When in... New Orleans

By Pableaux Johnson

Published: September 1, 2008

When in New Orleans

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Voodoo Fest
Arrive early for this unique three-day music festival and biennial warm-up held in the oak-draped City Park. For its 10th year, held October 24–26, the lineup includes big names such as Nine Inch Nails, Erykah Badu, and R.E.M., as well as notable locals from Walter “Wolfman” Washington to Big Sam’s Funky Nation. Get ready to dance.
New Orleans City Park
thetenthritual.com

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Backstreet Cultural Museum
In the heart of the Treme District, Sylvester Francis runs a ramshackle, yet heartfelt DIY tribute to New Orleans’s living street traditions—Mardi Gras Indian tribes, jazz funerals, and “second line” parades. Ask Mr. Francis for a schedule.
1116 St. Claude Ave.
504/287-5224
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Louisiana Artworks
For the run of Prospect.1, this newly opened arts facility will display works by Arturo Herrera. The 93,000-square-foot space also offers a studio program for artists as well as facilities (glassblowing, printmaking) they can rent by the hour. Located in the Warehouse District, it’s an easy jaunt from many of the biennial’s other venues.
818 Howard Ave.
504/571-7373
louisianaartworks.org "When In...New Orleans" originally appeared in the Fall 2008 issue of Culture+Travel. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Culture+Travel's Fall 2008 Table of Contents.